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Pre-Sales Solution Architect, Specialty Sales
Location
United States
Posted
72 days ago
Salary
$100K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Pre-Sales Solution Architect, Specialty Sales
reDesign
• Serve as the technical lead during the pre-sales lifecycle, partnering with sales teams to support strategic customer engagements. • Conduct technical discovery sessions with client stakeholders to understand infrastructure challenges, modernization initiatives, and long-term architecture goals. • Design and position solution architectures across infrastructure, hybrid cloud, networking, and cybersecurity technologies. • Support the development of solution proposals, architectural designs, and technical recommendations for enterprise customers. • Partner with Core Sales to advance complex opportunities and ensure technical alignment during the sales process. • Present and explain solution designs to C-level and technical stakeholders, translating technical concepts into business value. • Collaborate with Solution Engineering and Service Delivery teams to ensure architectures are aligned for successful implementation. • Stay current on evolving technologies to help guide customers toward modern, scalable infrastructure and cloud architectures
Job Requirements
- 8–12+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, solutions architecture, or technical consulting
- Experience supporting customer-facing pre-sales engagements or architecture design discussions
- Strong knowledge of enterprise infrastructure, networking, cybersecurity, and Microsoft ecosystems
- Ability to communicate complex technical solutions to both technical and executive audiences
- Experience working with enterprise clients or complex IT environments
- Strong collaboration skills working across sales, architecture, and service delivery teams
Benefits
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match (annual dollar cap applied)
- Flexible time off plan
- 15 paid holidays
- Sick leave (amount varies by state requirements and is at least the minimum required by any state)
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Life insurance
- Paid parental leave
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